versailles show Archives - TravelsFinders.Com ® http://travelsfinders.com/tag/versailles-show Tue, 28 Mar 2017 15:21:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Palace of Versailles PARIS, FRANCE http://travelsfinders.com/palace-versailles-paris-france.html http://travelsfinders.com/palace-versailles-paris-france.html#respond Thu, 08 Sep 2016 13:05:47 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=220855 LOUIS LE VAU & JULES HARDOUIN-MANSART One of the world’s largest and most magnificent palaces, Versailles was built for Louis XIV by two of the country’s most prominent architects, Louis Le Vau and Jules Hardouin-Mansart. Built around Louis XIII’s hunting lodge, the palace expanded over several decades, taking the form of a grand central block and two flanking wings set around a central courtyard. The design and initial building was done by Le Vau, and Hardouin-Mansart extended the palace after 1678, when the royal court took up residence and Versailles became the seat of government. He added the huge north

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